Category: Announcements

  • CoTCP May Lunch and Learn Series – Submit a presentation! 

    The Committee on Teaching and Classroom Practice (CoTCP) welcomes submissions for the May Lunch and Learn Series. This series is an opportunity for faculty and staff to share strategies/tools, facilitate dialogue around meaningful topics in higher education, or explore new technologies that enhance their scholarship and/or create engaging learning environments for students. (Student co-authors welcome)  Submit…

  • Upcoming AI Events

    Colby, Bates and Bowdoin Special Series on Generative AI: Designing Assignments & Class Activities with Generative AI March 7, 4-5pm, Zoom Register on the CBB Pedagogy Matters web site. Pre-Work Guiding questions: Bonus article- AI detectors don’t work.  Teaching with AI Workshop Series  Mondays March 11-April 8, 1-2pm Led by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson, authors of Teaching…

  • Course Design Sprint, Tues, March 19, 9:30-3:30

    Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 courses. COW’s are due Monday, March 25  Opportunity for faculty and instructors to start the design of a new course or rethink the design of a pre-existing course. In 6 hours, you will have written clear learning outcomes, aligned those outcomes with transparent assignments, and intentionally brainstormed possible course materials…

  • Colby, Bates & Bowdoin Special Series on Generative AI

    We are excited to invite you to a thought-provoking three-part virtual Pedagogy Matters Special Series on Generative AI. Join educators across Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby to explore the impact, ethics, and practical applications of Generative AI in higher education. Brief readings or videos will be distributed a few weeks before each session to build our shared…

  • Webinar- Beyond Content: Teaching for Civic Participation and Engagement

    Bryan Dewsbury, Florida International University Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 12 pm ET (ONLINE) Dr. Bryan Dewsbury will explore the ways in which we can reconnect our classroom practice with the values, behaviors and mindsets needed for a socially just society. All are welcome! Please register via Zoom About the SpeakerBryan Dewsbury is Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Director of the STEM Transformation…